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Killala Bay (County Mayo) — one of the area's fishing spots. About 71.9 km² in area. Close by — Ballina and Crossmolina. Salt water, not fresh — so this page carries its own marine bite forecast. A smart bite calendar — moon phase, atmospheric pressure, and weather combined into an hourly fish-activity forecast for the coming days.
Nearest towns and cities
The basin is close to regular: the bank runs smooth and natural cover is scarce, so fish hold to the few anomalies — inflows, drop-offs and weed edges.
The longest fetch is 7 mi along the north-east — south-west axis: wind along it builds a wave on the open water and pushes silt and food towards the lee bank.
Other nearby places to fish
Other nearby waters
County Mayo: the months when each species peaks and when it goes quiet. The current month is outlined.
| Fish | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic mackerel | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Ballan wrasse | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Conger eel | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair |
| European sea bass | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Thornback ray | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | peak | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Atlantic salmon | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | active | slow | slow |
| European eel | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | peak | fair | slow |
| Flounder | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | peak | fair | slow |
| Grey mullet | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | peak | fair | slow |
| Plaice | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Pollack | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | peak | peak | peak | fair | slow |
| Whiting | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak |
| Atlantic cod | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak |
| Brown trout | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
Wednesday, October 21
Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
Killala Bay — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is strong — fish are active. A thunderstorm is possible: activity rises before the front and drops after. Peak 08:00–10:00 and 18:00–20:00.
The computed water temperature is around 10 °C — inside the 4–12 °C comfort range for Atlantic cod, so baseline activity is high.
Atlantic cod works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is rising 4 hPa over the day — the bite usually settles down after a rise.
One more input — the moon's feeding windows: within their hours the score sits higher than across the rest of the day. The window times are in the “Solunar feeding periods” card below.
October is an active season for Atlantic cod here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
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| -0.1 m | 0.2 m | 0.3 m | 0.3 m | 0.1 m | -0.2 m | -0.5 m | -0.9 m | -1.0 m | -1.0 m | -0.8 m | -0.5 m | -0.1 m | 0.2 m | 0.5 m | 0.5 m | 0.3 m | 0.0 m | -0.4 m | -0.9 m | -1.2 m | -1.4 m | -1.3 m | -1.1 m |
Open-Meteo tide model, grid point 8.3 mi away
Open-Meteo Marine model, grid cell 8.3 mi from the waterbody. Values are daily means.
Drizzle · feels like +5°
The day is 4 min shorter than yesterday.
Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.
Geomagnetic fieldG1 geomagnetic storm, Kp 4.7
Kp index — NOAA data. Not part of the bite score: catches show no link between geomagnetic storms and the bite.
The windows are set by the moon's transit and rise, and the forecast above already accounts for them: within these hours the bite score sits higher than across the rest of the day, while the day's overall level still comes from the catch-calibrated model.
What are solunar periods?Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom. The water's cold — fish it more delicately and slowly.
Killala Bay — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is strong — fish are active. A thunderstorm is possible: activity rises before the front and drops after. Peak 08:00–10:00 and 18:00–20:00.